Cats - Macavity The Mystery Cat Chords

Verse 1: Cm Eb Macavity's a mystery cat F G He's called the Hidden Paw Cm Eb For he's a master criminal F G Who can defy the law Cm Eb He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard F E The Flying Squad's despair G N.C. For when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there! Eb Gb A C Am Gb Eb Cm x2 Chorus: G Cm Eb Macavity, Macavity F7 D7 There's no one like Macavity Cm Eb He's broken every human law F7 D7 He breaks the law of gravity

Cm Eb His powers of levitation F7 D7 Would make a fakir stare G N.C. And when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there! Post-Chorus: Cm Gbdim You may seek him in a basement Cdim Gbdim You may look up in the air Cm F But I tell you once, and once again G7 Macavity is not there! Verse 2: G7 Cm Eb Macavity's a ginger cat F G7 He's very tall and thin Cm Eb You would know him if you saw him F G7 For his eyes are sunken in Cm Eb His brow is deeply lined in thought F G His head is highly domed Cm Eb His coat is dusty from neglect F G7 His whiskers are uncombed Cm Eb He sways his head from side to side F G7 With movements like a snake F And when you think he's half asleep G7 He's always wide awake! Chorus: G7 Cm Eb Macavity, Macavity F7 G7 There's no one like Macavity Cm7 Eb7 For he's a fiend in feline shape F7 Gbdim A monster of depravity Cm Eb You may meet him in a by-street F7 Gbdim You may see him in the square G N.C. But when a crime's discovered Then Macavity's not there! Verse 3: Eb Gb Am Am7 Gb Eb Cm He's outwardly respectable F I know he cheats at cards Eb Gb Am Gb Eb Cm And his footprints are not found in any Cm7 N.C. Files of Scotland Yard's Gbdim And when the larder's looted Or the jewel case is rifled Cdim Or when the milk is missing Bb Ab Or another Peke's been stifled! Cm Cm7 Or the greenhouse glass is broken Cm Ab7 And the trellis past repair Cm N.C. There's the wonder of the thing Macavity's not there! Chorus: G7 Cm Eb Macavity, Macavity F7 Gbdim There's no one like Macavity Cm Eb There never was a cat F7 Gbdim Of such deceitfulness and suavity Cm Eb He always has an alibi F7 Gbdim And one or two to spare Cm N.C. What ever time the deed took place Macavity wasn't there! Bridge: Cdim And they say that all the cats Adim Whose wicked deeds are widely known Cdim I might mention Mungojerrie Adim I might mention Griddlebone Cm Eb Are nothing more than agents F7 Ab7 For he's a cat who all the time Cm N.C. Just controls the operations The Napoleon of crime! Chorus: G G7 Cm7 Eb7 Macavity, Macavity F7 Gbdim There's no one like Macavity Cm7 Eb7 He's a fiend in feline shape F7 Gbdim A monster of depravity Cm7 Eb7 You may meet him in a by-street F7 Gbdim You may see him in the square Cm But when a crime's discovered G Ab Db7 G7 Then Macavity, Macavity, Macavity, Macavity Cdim F7 Ab Outro: N.C. When a crime's discovered Then Macavity's not there!